How Hormones Can Cause Incontinence

How Hormones Can Cause Incontinence

Incontinence affects more people than you would imagine. Often, because of theperceived stigma surrounding it, individuals just accept this condition as a fact oflife.

At LIQUAGUARD®, we encourage our clients to work with their medical providers tounderstand not only the treatments available for incontinence; but the causes of itas well.

Hormones, we have learned, often can cause and/or affect incontinence,especially in women. The fact is, urinary incontinence tends to increase duringthe different stages in a woman’s life.

As we know, pregnancy and childbirth causes variations in hormones in women.During these periods, this hormonal change can result in the decrease instrength of the muscles in a woman’s pelvis, resulting in incontinence.

Women later in life may also experience these symptoms. Menopause, whichmost often occurs between the ages of 45 and 55, also produces a change inhormone levels. This time, the effect is a decrease in estrogen, a hormone whichcan help keep your bladder and muscles working effectively. The reduction ofthis hormone may result in incontinence, a situation which may grow moresevere as menopause continues and hormones progressively drop.

Whether your incontinence is a result of pregnancy and childbirth hormonalchanges or menopausal decreases in estrogen, (or perhaps somethingcompletely different) it is important to share your symptoms with your physician.

There are a variety of things that can be done to alleviate incontinence, rangingfrom changes in diet and exercise to medication. Understanding the optionsavailable and making informed decisions can help improve the quality of your life.

And, remember that at LIQUAGUARD®, we will continue to support you with thehighest quality products to help make your day to day life as comfortable andstress free as possible. Visit us at https://liquaguard.com to see the fullcomplement of our products.